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Mammals of South Australia

This is a complete list of the mammals found in South Australia. It includes terrestrial, marine and islander species as well as those reintroduced to feral-free reserves.

European Fallow Deer 1
Dama dama
Chital 2
Axis axis
Red Deer 3
Cervus elaphus
Javan Rusa 4
Rusa timorensis
Sambar 5
Rusa unicolor
Domestic Goat 6
Capra hircus
Wild Boar 7
Sus scrofa
Dromedary Camel 8
Camelus dromedarius
Pygmy Right Whale 9
Caperea marginata
Minke Whale 10
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale 11
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sei Whale 12
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 9
Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale 13
Balaenoptera musculus
Omura's Whale 9
Balaenoptera omurai
Fin Whale 14
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 15
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 16
Eubalaena australis
Andrews' Beaked Whale 17
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Blainville's Beaked Whale 18
Mesoplodon densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 19
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale 20
Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori
Strap-toothed Whale 21
Mesoplodon layardii
True's Beaked Whale 22
Mesoplodon mirus
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
Shepherd's Beaked Whale 23
Tasmacetus shepherdi
Arnoux's Beaked Whale 24
Berardius arnuxii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 25
Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whale 26
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 27
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 28
Kogia sima
Spectacled Porpoise 29
Phocoena dioptrica
Southern Right Whale Dolphin 30
Lissodelphis peronii
Short-finned Pilot Whale 31
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 32
Globicephala melas
Pygmy Killer Whale 9
Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale 33
Pseudorca crassidens
Risso's Dolphin 34
Grampus griseus
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 35
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 31
Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 36
Delphinus delphis
Dusky Dolphin 37
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Orca 38
Orcinus orca

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